Police on Prince Edward Island are talking tough on loud pipes again, says the Guardian newspaper.
At the start of the summer, Island police said they were going to crack down on motorcycle with loud exhausts, after complaints by residents. Since then, we haven’t heard of any increase in tickets. However, this week, the cops once again said they’d received complaints, and there’d be a resulting campaign against loud pipes.
The fine for monkeying with your muffler is $275 on PEI, under Section 128 of the Highway Traffic Act. Whether any charges will stick is another question, as most jurisdictions who take up the fight against loud pipes usually lay off after finding it too hard to get convictions in court. But as we’ve said before, it’s a growing trend across Canada, and this is the second province as a whole that’s announced their plans to fight noisy bikes (Quebec was the first).
So if i change my exhaust to make my motorcycle run more efficiently I cold be fined $257 ? All other Provinces give you a Decibel level restriction to go by
When they take out all the trucks and cars that make loud noise then it’s fair until then fuck off
only 275$ boffffffff. Learning to ride is a lot better.
What has learning to ride do with it? I know many good riders with loud and soft pipes
Ill just avoid pei. New Brunswick and nova scotia would love the extra revenue! A stock Harley bike would even result in a fine. They dont need our money then no biggie lots of others need it
A stock Harley wouldn’t draw any attention. Even one with a little freer-flowing exhaust probably wouldn’t. Bikes with straight pipes or something close to them will.
I think the police are pretty clear that they only want to ticket modified bikes.
Then its an discriminating law in harley davidson favor seeing my yamaha stratoliner with upgraded exhaust is less loud then a harley with screaming eagle package. That would be an interesting court case. Only reason i like my louder then lawnmower pipes is living in northern ontario it has been proven to keep the wildlife clear (moose and deer).
I guess if turns out to be too difficult to actually have a legal standard for noise levels, they’ll just have to mandate only using the original equipment exhaust system. It’s been considered and/or tried elsewhere.
I don’t know why this has to be so difficult. While there may be bikes that are borderline, there are a lot out there making noise that clearly exceeds the level any reasonable person would consider acceptable.
Maybe the cops will just have to start pulling people over and issuing them equipment violations, even if they can’t win in court, just to hassle the loud exhaust crowd. Maybe they’ll get tired of repeated talks with the cops on the side of the road, and of going to court and/or hiring paralegals to fight the charges, or paying the fines. I would have no problem with this approach (if applied to all vehicles, including heavy trucks are clearly making way more noise than as designed/built), but we probably don’t have enough police manpower to waste on this sort of thing.
I think that’s the idea, really. They know they may lose in court, but that doesn’t matter. Pull someone over enough times, and they get the message anyway.
Yawn…. another ‘loud pipes’ thread….
Sorry to keep you up past your bedtime.
Zac – put this one to sleep…. 🙂
I think noise is a legitimate concern, a public health issue and something the government is justified to regulate.
Ill pay the ticket and live an other day
ORRRR keep noise down to a respectable level, pay attention to what’s going on, and save the money? And still live another day!